Bedstead



C. A. \VARNER, OF BRISTOL, CONNECTICUT.

BEDSTEAD.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 20,750, dated June 29', 1858 To allwhom "it may concern:

Be it known that I, C. A. WARNER, 0f Bristol, county of Hartford, andState of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Modeof Cording Bedsteads; and I do hereby declare that the same is describedand represented in the following specification and drawings, and tocna-ble others skilled in the art to make and use the same I willproceed to describe the construction and operation, referring to thedrawings, in which the same letters indicate like parts in each of thefigures.

The nature of my improvement consists in the mode of constructing andarranging staples or pins with pulleys thereon placed at. regularintervals, over which the cord is placed, one end of which is secured ator near one corner of the bedstead, and the other to a winding spindlehaving a ratchet and pawl screwed thereto so that the cord may betightened at will withoutremoving the bedding.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the mode of arranging myimprovement.

A, is the bedstead frame; B, the pulleys over which the cord is placed.

C are staples one end of which is bent up so as to allow the pulleys Bto be put thereon and headed suicient to secure it from losing oif andhaving a screw cut on the other end for the purpose of screwing into theslides of the rails to prevent pulling out.

D, are pins on each one of which is placed one of the pulleys B, andheaded sufficiently to prevent the pulleys from losing off, and areplaced at regular intervals in the recess or groove on the upper sideand inner edge. of the rails E, and in number more or less as may berequired.

F, is a spindle for winding up and tightening the cord.

G, is ratchet wheel secured to the Winding spindle.

H, is a pawl secured to the rail and resting on the teeth of the ratchetwheel.

The cord is first made fast at or near one corner of the bedstead, andlaid over the pulleys in regular order until the other end is brought tothe winding spindle F, and secured thereto, so that as the spindle isturned the cord is drawn over the pulleys until suiiicient tautness issecured to the cord and whenever the cord becomes slack it can easilyand readily be tightened by the use of a small lever inserted into oneof the holes in the winding spindle made for that purpose.

The present mode of tightening bed cordsL is very unpleasant and alwaysrequires two to perform the work, and is attended with more difficultyin detaching the cord when necessary to take down the bedstead,especially in case of tire, &c. rlhe advantage therefore to be derivedfrom this improvement over others now in use must be at once apparent.

I do not claim either of the parts separately considered as I know theyhave been in use. But

IVhat I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The arrangement of the staples and pins C, D, pulleys B, spindle F,ratchet G, pawl H, in the manner and for the purpose as described.

c. A. WARNER. [1.. sa

Vitnesses:

M. H. WILLIAMS, J. ROBINSON.

